Gender, Religion and Change in the Middle East [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Okkenhaug Inger Marie
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Berg Publishers, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.3/0956/0904
• Soggetto topico: Women; Gender Studies & Sexuality; Gender & Ethnic Studies; Social Sciences
• Altri autori: FlaskeruIngvild
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Justice without Drama: Observations from Gaza City Sharia Court; 2 From the Army of G-d to the Israeli Armed Forces; 3 To Give the Boys Energy, Manliness, and Self-command in Temper; 4 Women Students at the American University of Beirut; 5 Women's Voluntary Social Welfare Organizations in Egypt; 6 Nineteenth-century Protestant Missions and Middle-Eastern Women; 7 The Paradox of the New Islamic Woman in Turkey; 8 Visions of Mary in the Middle East; 9 An Army of Women Learning Torah; 10 Stones and Stories; 11 Tradition and Change; 12 Vows, Mediumship and Gender; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The complicated link between women and religion in the Middle East has been a source of debate for centuries, and has special resonance today. Whether religion reinforces female oppression or provides opportunities for women - or a combination of both - depends on time, place and circumstance.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender, Religion and Change in the Middle East
• ISBN: 1-282-59653-5; 9786612596537; 1-84520-728-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824774603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II